Boston Burglar chords by
Eliza Carthy
Norma Waterson

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Key: C major•

Verse 1

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I was born and

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bred in Bo ston,

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a place you all know well.

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Brought up by honest parents,

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and the truth to you I'll tell.

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Brought up by honest parent s

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and reared most tenderly

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C

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Till I became a sport in play

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C

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at the age of twenty -three

My character was broken

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C

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F

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and I was sent to jail

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My friends and parents did their best

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to get me out on bail

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C

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The jury found me guilty

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and the judge, he wrote it down

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C

C

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For the breaking of the Union Bank,

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you were sent to Charlestown

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I can see my dear old father ,

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a -standing at the bar

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Also my dear old mother,

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she's a -tearing her grey hair

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She's a -tearing all their old grey locks

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C

C

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And the tears come trickling down

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Son, oh son, what have you done

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To be sent to Charlestown?

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C

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C

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I

set my foot on an eastbound train,

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One course and a day.

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And every station I pass by

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I could hear the people say

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There goes that Boston burglar

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C

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In iron chains he is bound

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G

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C

C

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For the breaking of the Union Bank

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G

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He is sent to Charlottestown

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C

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There's a girl in Boston City,

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boys, a girl I know quite well.

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If I get my liberty, it's with her I will dwell.

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If ever I get my liberty,

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rough company I will shun.

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Likewise the walking of the streets,

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And the drinking of the rum.

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Now you that have your liberty,

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Pray keep it if you can,

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And don't go midnight rambling,

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Or you'll break the laws of man.

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And if you do, you're sure to rue

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And you'll find yourself like me

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A sentence down to twenty -one years

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Of penal sabbatee

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A sentence down to 21 years

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of penal servitude

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Chords

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The original key of Boston Burglar by Eliza Carthy, Norma Waterson is C major.

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